Visual designer, web developer and teacher, with a BA in Visual Communication from the Politecnico di Milano and a MA in Graphic Design from the Netherlands.
She has taught as a professor at IED Milan, lectured as a guest at several Italian design universities, and currently teaches at IAAD Bologna and at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
After working between the Netherlands and Italy, she co-founded Studio But Maybe, a graphic and digital design studio, with Andrea Guccini and Michele Pastore in 2021.
Since 2019, she has been an active member of Promise APS, a non-profit organisation for women empowerment, focusing on design and communication for social impact projects.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025–present
Visual Representation and Communication Lab
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Industrial Product Design
(Bologna, IT)
2025–present
Art Direction
IAAD Institute of Applied Art and Design
(Bologna, IT)
2023–2025
Layout and Display Techniques
IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Interior Design (ENG)
(Milan, IT)
2023–2024
Portfolio Course
IAAD Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design
(Bologna, IT)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021—today
Studio But Maybe
Co-founder
2019—today
Promise Aps
Member & art director
(Milan, IT)
2016—today
Freelance designer & web developer
(NL / IT)
2021—2023
Spazio Alda Merini
Communication manager and web developer
(Milan, IT)
Jan 2019—2021
Parco Studio
Web developer and graphic designer
(Milan, IT)
Jul—Nov 2018
Studio Harris Blondman
Intern
(Amsterdam, NL)
Aug 2018
Simon Davies
Graphic designer
(Rotterdam, NL)
2017—2018
Malko
Designer & communication manager
(Milan, IT)
Mar 2013
MAGA, Museum of Modern Art
Internship
(Gallarate, IT)
2012—2013
Claudio Scillieri’s Architecture Studio
Assistant
(Gallarate, IT)
WORKSHOPS & TALKS
2025 – The Graphic Roulette, UNI RSM Design – Republic of San Marino
2025 – Period Lab Project, Centro Milano Donna Municipio 1 – Milan, Italy
2023 and 2024 – ISIA Faenza – Faenza, Italy
2023 – LABA Rovereto – Rovereto, Italy
2021 – Branding and Nonprofit Sector, IAAD Art Direction Course – Bologna, Italy
2020 – The dichotomy of "digitalog", IAAD Art Direction Course – Bologna, Italy
2019 – Flexible grids in the digital age, IAAD Art Direction Course – Bologna, Italy
2018 – Coding workshop, AKV|St.Joost MA Graphic Design – Den Bosch, Netherlands
AWARDS
2024 – 1st place, Forti Piemonte Visual Identity – for Regione Piemonte (Italy)
2024 – AWDA, Aiap Women in Design Award – Selection, international
2022 – 1st place, GO! 2025 Visual Identity Competition – for the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica–Gorizia (Slovenia/Italy)
2021 – Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Type Directors Club – New York, USA
SELECTED PRESS
2022 – The World's Best Typography, The 42nd Annual of the Type Directors Club – Stamford, USA
2020 – Slanted Blog Magazine – Karlsruhe, Germany
2020 – The Brand Identity
2019 – Grafik. – London, United Kingdom
2019 – Graphic Fearless Women, Women of Graphic Design
2018 – Art & Education
2017 – Design Everywhere
2015 – The Cabinet of Curiosities on Interpretation (C.o.c.o.i.) – Netherlands
EXHIBITIONS
2021 – The World's Best Typography, graphic design exhibition – Tokyo, Osaka, Kyushu, Seoul
2021 – The 10th China International Poster Biennial, poster exhibition – Hangzhou, China
2018 – Floating Frames Exhibition, AKV|St.Joost MA GD Graduation Show – Den Bosch, Netherlands
2018 – Open Set Lab, NL Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum, Netherlands
2017 – Fahrenheit +39, editorial exhibition – Ravenna, Italy
2016 – Dutch Design Week, The One Minutes, Eco vs Ego – Eindhoven, Netherlands
EDUCATION
MA Graphic Design (2 years)
Avans University of Applied Sciences – AKV|St.Joost School of Art and Design
(Den Bosch, NL)
BA Communication Design
Politecnico di Milano
(Milan, IT)
Scientific High School Diploma
Liceo Leonardo Da Vinci
(Gallarate, IT)
